Tuesday, April 22, 2008

Local Matters - Sr. QA Engineers

[rmiug-jobs] Digest Number 4488

Sr. QA Engineers needed in Denver, CO (LoDo)
Posted by: "Patty Tate" ptate@localmatters.com
Date: Tue Apr 22, 2008 11:43 am ((PDT))


Senior Quality Assurance Engineer




At Local Matters, headquartered in a historic former coffin factory in
LoDo, we're building some of the highest traffic local search sites in
the world - across voice, wireless, and internet channels - and we're
looking for the best and the brightest to grow our team.





Position Summary
This position is responsible for ensuring high quality software
implementations in an agile environment using an iterative approach. The
ideal candidate is an experienced hands-on tester that is very
independent and has a strong personality. Additionally, the ideal
candidate has excellent communication skills, strong time management and
task prioritization skills.



The Local Matters Quality Assurance organization has combined FitNesse
and Selenium Remote Control to form the foundation of our automated
smoke and regression approach. Therefore each tester is required to
generate XPath expressions for each test. We write all test cases in the
FitNesse wiki, using our automated format, regardless of whether
individual tests are to be executed manually or automated. Thus,
converting a test from manual to automated requires very little work.


The primary responsibility of this role is black box testing - including
functional, integration, system, regression, and acceptance testing. The
candidate will be responsible for designing and implementing test cases
using a risk-based approach, preparing test data, executing tests (both
manual and automated), and reviewing and evaluating test results. This
candidate will work closely with developers and the test automation team
to identify areas and methods to improve testing efficiency, expand
coverage, and increase product reliability.



The ideal candidate is comfortable:

* Writing XPath.

* Testing all tiers of a system - GUI, middle tier and backend.

* Deploying software builds in the test environment.

* Creating data in various formats including XML and SQL.

* Querying a search index.

* Working on 2-4 projects concurrently.

* Working in a fast-paced environment; Total testing time (test
case writing through handoff to production) is often as little as 3
weeks.



Test and QA responsibilities include comprehensive testing of both web
based local search solutions and thick client, custom designed tools.

The development technologies include:



* J2EE

* Spring

* JSP, Java

* SWT / Swing

* HTML

* Linux

* XML

* Postgres / Oracle / SQL



Required Skills

* Proven skills in testing and quality assurance

* Ability to write and execute test plans and test cases with
minimal guidance

* Ability to document precise and concise defect reports and
test results

* Strong software analysis skills

* Strong SQL skills

* Strong analytical, organizational and conceptual skills

* Excellent verbal and written communications skills

* Excellent time management and prioritization skills

* Ability to learn new technologies and product functionality in
an expedient manner

* Ability to adjust to changing focus and/or priorities

* Ability to successfully multi-task and set priorities as
needed.

* Ability to work in a dynamic, challenging and aggressively
fast-paced environment

* Scripting languages a plus

* XPath a plus



Personal Characteristics

* Highly motivated to succeed
* Self-starting and self-motivating
* Detail oriented
* Effective working independently and as a team member



Qualifications

* Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Mathematics, Engineering,
or related technical field.
* 5-7 years in the software test/QA field with growing levels of
responsibility.
* 5-7 years experience designing, developing, executing and
maintaining test cases and procedures.
* 5-7 years interpreting user scenarios and complex use cases to
develop manual test scripts.
* 2+ years working in UNIX or Linux environments.
* Experience testing in data-intensive environments.



Please send resume and salary requirements to ptate@localmatters.com